QA Jobs in Dorset

Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 5 26
Rank change year-on-year -44 +21 +47
Permanent jobs citing QA 49 140 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 4.37% 19.64% 10.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 34.51% 74.87% 63.11%
Number of salaries quoted 22 30 60
10th Percentile £27,050 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,188 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,250 £62,500
90th Percentile - £58,200 £92,500
South West median annual salary £48,750 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +17.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Dorset

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 142 187 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 12.67% 26.23% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67 66 99
10th Percentile £23,500 £41,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £46,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +1.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £83,750
South West median annual salary £50,500 £51,918 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +3.84% +7.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Dorset

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Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Dorset.

Salary trend for QA in Dorset

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Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Dorset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Dorset

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Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -20 23 £60,500 +8.04% 2
Weymouth - 6 £47,500 -
Bridport - 3 £27,050 -
Dorchester -1 2 - - 2
Poole -5 1 - - 1
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South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.12%) AWS
1 3 (6.12%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) NoSQL
1 3 (6.12%) Relational Database
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (24.49%) Selenium
2 9 (18.37%) Cucumber
2 9 (18.37%) Git
2 9 (18.37%) TeamCity
3 5 (10.20%) JIRA
4 2 (4.08%) GitLab
4 2 (4.08%) Postman
4 2 (4.08%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 17 (34.69%) Manufacturing
3 12 (24.49%) Finance
4 10 (20.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (20.41%) Law
5 7 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (12.24%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (10.20%) Marketing
8 4 (8.16%) Retail
9 3 (6.12%) Banking
9 3 (6.12%) Investment Banking
10 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (4.08%) Games
10 2 (4.08%) Military
11 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) QA Engineer
2 15 (30.61%) Quality Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) Senior
4 8 (16.33%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Product Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Administrator
6 3 (6.12%) Cloud Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Java Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.08%) IT Support
7 2 (4.08%) Java Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Principal Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Principal Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Software QA Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Business Manager
8 1 (2.04%) Systems Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.37%) Gherkin
2 4 (8.16%) Web Services
3 3 (6.12%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.12%) React
3 3 (6.12%) Spring
4 2 (4.08%) .NET
4 2 (4.08%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.08%) JSON
4 2 (4.08%) REST
4 2 (4.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) FMCG
1 3 (6.12%) Hedge funds
1 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.08%) Acoustics
2 2 (4.08%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.04%) Derivative
3 1 (2.04%) Equities
3 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.04%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (30.61%) Agile
3 12 (24.49%) Mentoring
4 11 (22.45%) Scrum
4 11 (22.45%) Test Automation
5 10 (20.41%) Cost Reduction
5 10 (20.41%) TDD
6 9 (18.37%) Coaching
6 9 (18.37%) End-to-End Testing
6 9 (18.37%) Test Scripting
6 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (16.33%) Configuration Management
7 8 (16.33%) Project Delivery
7 8 (16.33%) Software Engineering
8 7 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (14.29%) Defect Management
8 7 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 7 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 7 (14.29%) Time Management
8 7 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) Java
2 6 (12.24%) C
2 6 (12.24%) Python
3 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) Def Stans
1 2 (4.08%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.04%) ISO 14001
2 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) Google
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Twitter
4 1 (2.04%) Facebook
4 1 (2.04%) Instagram